Very happy to see Stage Struck and Manhandled (though I just bought the Manhandled DVD -_-)! More movies when you click on the link but the Swanson ones seem to be the only silents.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:19 pm

by rudyfan

Stage Struck, at last! Hooray!

Also, on 2/20 The Covered Wagon

I see on 2/27 The Iron Horse, too.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:47 pm

by drednm

Love that Swanson!

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 2:00 am

by Clem Dickey

Looks to me as if the source lists Manhandled and Stagestruck as "Also coming in 2018 - in alphabetical order:" not as coming on 2/27. Still, good news.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 9:40 pm

by wms4silents

looks like, It's the Old Army Game and Running Wild both with W C Fields are coming and is that Special Delivery the Eddie Cantor silent....certainly hope so

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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:44 pm

by ajabrams

wms4silents wrote:looks like, It's the Old Army Game and Running Wild both with W C Fields are coming and is that Special Delivery the Eddie Cantor silent....certainly hope so

I think "Special Delivery" is the 1976 film, not the silent.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:50 pm

by wms4silents

nuts!

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:50 pm

by dede

wms4silents wrote:nuts!

No, that was the 1987 Barbra Streisand film!

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:10 pm

by Robert W

I wish Kino would put the two W.C. Fields features on one double feature disc. Let's face it - most fans will buy both and I'd rather have one less blu-ray case to try and find space for. I wouldn't even mind if they charged a little more since we're getting two films.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:46 am

by radiotelefonia

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:43 pm

by Lonesome Luke

Robert W wrote:I wish Kino would put the two W.C. Fields features on one double feature disc. Let's face it - most fans will buy both and I'd rather have one less blu-ray case to try and find space for. I wouldn't even mind if they charged a little more since we're getting two films.

A Blu-ray case? Try finding space for The Charlie Chaplin Archives!

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 7:56 pm

by FrankFay

Saint-Just wrote:Synthesizers are syntesizers - I never understood how Eric Beheim came to be David Shepard's go-to guy unless he just works really cheap, his stuff always sounded fake and he played it with no hint of finesse. I'm not interested in anything but the optimum experience, and I don't always have to have a full orchestra, but I DO insist on real music sensitively rendered.

That has puzzled me me. His scores were fine on a musical level but that $1.98 sound quality always took me out of the mood a bit until the picture pulled me back in.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:00 pm

by Little Caesar

The Covered Wagon blu-ray is now listed for pre-order at Amazon with a street date of Feb 20, 2018. No word yet on the score or any supplements.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:26 pm

by Mitch Farish

Great news! Looking forward to 2018.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:51 pm

by Little Caesar

Updates on The Covered Wagon and the W.C. Fields films:

THE COVERED WAGON (1923)A James Cruze Production

The first Western epic!

A great caravan of covered wagons, filled with hearty pioneers and their families and possessions, are waiting for the Spring “jump off” at Westport Landing, now Kansas City. The time is 1848, and the destination is far-off Oregon, in The Covered Wagon (1923), the first big-budget Western epic. Where countless pilgrims fell, a love triangle flourishes, as Molly Wingate (Lois Wilson) must choose between the brutish Sam (Alan Hale) and the dashing Will (J. Warren Kerrigan). Complicating her decision are the perils of the trail: a mile-wide river, prairie fire, heavy snowfall, a buffalo stampede, crippling hunger, and Native American attacks. Boasting a cast of thousands and an unparalleled commitment to authenticity, The Covered Wagon was an enormous box-office success in 1923 and became one of the major milestones in the history of the Western.

Coming out on DVD and Blu-ray March 13th from Kino Classics!Two W.C. Fields silent classics, available separately:

IT'S THE OLD ARMY GAME (1926)Starring W.C. Fields and Louise BrooksDirected by A. Edward SutherlandBonus Features:Audio commentary by film historian James L. Neibaur, author of THE W.C. FIELDS FILMSNew score by Ben Model

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

If only Kino could rescue the silent and early talkie westerns Gary Cooper made at Paramount. None of these have been scanned nor released on DVD, that I know of:

1927 The Last Outlaw1927 Arizona Bound1927 Nevada1929 The Virginian -- released on VHS one of the first in that format.1930 The Spoilers1930 The Texan

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:44 am

by R Michael Pyle

Richard--W wrote:If only Kino could rescue the silent and early talkie westerns Gary Cooper made at Paramount. None of these have been scanned nor released on DVD, that I know of:

1927 The Last Outlaw1927 Arizona Bound1927 Nevada1929 The Virginian -- released on VHS one of the first in that format.1930 The Spoilers1930 The Texan

Kartes Video released The Virginian with its first releases. As you mentioned, they were among the very first to release VHS. Jim Kartes went on afterwards to much bigger and better things in Hawaii. He passed away in 2016. A wonderful man."The Last Outlaw" and "Nevada" used to be releases on VHS from Grapevine. They no longer seem to offer them.I'd love to see a decent release of "The Spoilers" and "The Texan", too.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:00 pm

by Mike Gebert

Only two minutes of Arizona Bound exist, reportedly.

I saw a bunch of the rest at Capitolfest in 2016. It would be a cool set, but they're definitely early talkies.

The Paramount films I'd really like to see come out are anything directed by Victor Fleming in this time period. I've only seen two, Lord Jim and Wolf Song, but they were both top drawer studio films.

I saw a bunch of the rest at Capitolfest in 2016. It would be a cool set, but they're definitely early talkies.

The Paramount films I'd really like to see come out are anything directed by Victor Fleming in this time period. I've only seen two, Lord Jim and Wolf Song, but they were both top drawer studio films.

If only two minutes of Arizona Bound exist, then that two minutes should be restored and included in a supplement on some other related release. I'd be surprised if an extensive search doesn't turn up something. A film doesn't have to be complete to merit restoration.

I share your enthusiasm for Victor Fleming's films during this period. If I were a decision-maker at Paramount (or Universal) I'd move Fleming's films to the forefront for restoration.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:47 am

by Danny Burk

Richard--W wrote:Danny Burke: spectacular website you have there. You shot those landscapes yourself? No faces. No people in your work. Have you ever shot a feature film?

Thanks. Yes, it's all my own photography. Landscapes, flowers, and a smattering of architecture and other subjects. You're right, no people - I don't photograph anything that can move under its own power. I've never done anything other than still photography, but admit that I'm intrigued by motion work. I've meant to try out some video footage at some point, but haven't yet done so.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:00 am

by R Michael Pyle

Had never been on your site before, that I know of, Danny. The "panoramic" shots, in particular, are simply spectacular! What an eye.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 11:04 am

by Richard--W

Danny Burk wrote:

Richard--W wrote:Danny Burke: spectacular website you have there. You shot those landscapes yourself? No faces. No people in your work. Have you ever shot a feature film?

Thanks. Yes, it's all my own photography. Landscapes, flowers, and a smattering of architecture and other subjects. You're right, no people - I don't photograph anything that can move under its own power. I've never done anything other than still photography, but admit that I'm intrigued by motion work. I've meant to try out some video footage at some point, but haven't yet done so.

Obviously you're not afraid to stay up all night or get up early in the morning and go for long drives to isolated places. You'd do fine with a western. The people hold still, sometimes.

I think you must be getting very different results with digital cameras in your panorama exposures and prints.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:27 pm

by Danny Burk

R Michael Pyle wrote:Had never been on your site before, that I know of, Danny. The "panoramic" shots, in particular, are simply spectacular! What an eye.

Thanks, much appreciated!

Richard--W wrote:Obviously you're not afraid to stay up all night or get up early in the morning and go for long drives to isolated places. You'd do fine with a western. The people hold still, sometimes.

I think you must be getting very different results with digital cameras in your panorama exposures and prints.

I switched to digital 2 years ago, and it's been quite an adjustment. All the panoramas on my website except the few most recent were shot on 617-format film, and most of the landscapes are either 4x5 or medium format film. One of the new year's projects will be to get myself better accustomed to shooting/stitching panoramas with digital, with which I've not familiarized myself very well to date.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:07 am

by Richie

Tiny update:

The Swanson movies are still, "coming soon," but are listed as:

Manhandled (New HD Master)Stagestruck (New HD Master)

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:37 pm

by rudyfan

Richie wrote:Tiny update:

The Swanson movies are still, "coming soon," but are listed as:

Manhandled (New HD Master)Stagestruck (New HD Master)

Panting for these!

Will be pre-ordering The Covered Wagon. I want KINO to keep doing these!

I am hoping Woman of the World and Danny's suggestion of Barbed Wire come out, too.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:06 pm

by Gagman 66

Don't forget THE SPANISH DANCER recently restored by the EYE, and Lubitsch FORBIDDEN PARADISE. For that matter HOTEL IMPERIAL. Any of these would be welcome releases.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:33 am

by Battra92

I know we all have wishlists and all but I for one am just really happy to see Kino releasing different silents. After they merged and became Kino Lorber it felt for a while that silents were no longer a priority. Good to see them still releasing some.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:57 pm

by precode

Richard--W wrote:If only Kino could rescue the silent and early talkie westerns Gary Cooper made at Paramount. None of these have been scanned nor released on DVD, that I know of:

1927 The Last Outlaw1927 Arizona Bound1927 Nevada1929 The Virginian -- released on VHS one of the first in that format.1930 The Spoilers1930 The Texan

The talkies are owned by Universal, so I wouldn't hold my breath.

Mike S.

Re: Kino to release blu-rays/DVDs of some Paramount silents

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:48 am

by Nosferatu

Kino did collaborate with Universal on The Man Who Laughs although those could have been special circumstances.